iPS217: High Sierra app updates with Tim Ekl

In today's episode, the iPhreaks discuss the High Sierra app updates with Tim Ekl. Tim is an engineer at the Omni group, where Tim work on Omni focus for Mac and iOS. Tim has been active in the iOS community for 5 years and he likes to assists the Xcode meetups.

The discussion dives into the now one-week old public release of High Sierra for OSX. Tim talks about the pain-free transition to the new operating system. Tim goes into the minor bug fixes Omni had to fix as they transitioned, and gives some examples of the functions of Touch Bar feature.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

API difference

Incremental updates and minor adaption for the new hardware system for Touch Bar and Force Touch Trackpad.

How as Omni adopted the touch bar features

Minimal upkeep for the Touch Bar

Has the Touch Bar been a successful feature, and for Omni Focus?

Integration of app to use the Touch Bar.

Mixed feelings about the Touch Bar, useful for sliders. etc.

Deciding what features are active with the Touch Bar, or switching to iOS and desktop UIs.

Specific design language for iOS or OSX?

Longpress – How do you decide what gets the Force Touch or Long press?